R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

Preface
and Prof. Dr. P. Elsner, Dr. S. Kelzenberg, Dr. Th. Keicher, Dr. N.
Eisenreich, Dr. K. Menke, Dr. H. Krause, Dr. M. Hermann, and Dr. P.B.
Kempa deserve particular mention for their generous contributions.
The authors would particularly like to thank their colleagues mentioned
above for their contributions and for providing valuable comments.
Due to reductions and restructuring in the explosives industry, which
has sometimes resulted in a complete loss of former product and
company names used over decades, a range of names used in the
past has not been included in this edition.
As an addition a CD containing a demo version of the ICT-Database of
Thermochemical Values and information about the ICT-Thermodynamic-Code
ist attached to the book. The full version of the database
contains detailed information of more than 14,000 substances, including
structure formulae, oxygen balance, densities and enthalpies of
formation. The Code may be used for calculating properties of formulations
like the heat of explosion or specific impulse of explosives,
propellants or pyrotechnics. Both programs, updated regularly, are
available by the Fraunhofer ICT.
Among these may be mentioned Dr. B. Eulering (WASAG Chemie,
Essen), Dipl.-Ing. W. Franke (BAM, Berlin), Dipl.-Ing. H. Grosse †
(WASAG Chemie), Dr. E. Häusler † (BICT), Dr. R. Hagel (Ruag Ammotec,
Fürth), Dr. H. Hornberg † (ICT), Dr. H. Krebs (BAM, Berlin), Dr. G.
Kistner (ICT), Prof. Dr H. Köhler † (Austron), Dr. A. Kratsch (Rheinmetall
Industrie GmbH), Dip.-Ing. H. Krätschmer, Dr. K. Meyer † (ICT),
Prof. Dr.-Ing. K. Nixdorff (BW University, Hamburg), Dr. K. Redecker,
Dr. H. J. Rodner (BAM, Berlin), Dr. J. F. Roth † (DNAG, Troisdorf), Prof.
Dr. H. Schubert (ICT), Prof. Dr. M. Steidinger (BAM, Berlin), Dipl.-Ing.
G. Stockmann (WNC-Nitrochemie), Dr. G. Traxler (ORS Wien), Mr. R.
Varosh (RISI, USA), Mr. J. Wraige (Solar Pyrotechnics, GB), Mrs.
Christine Westermaier and Dr. R. Zimmermann (BVS, Dortmund).
We hope that the large number of people who remain unmentioned
will also feel that they share in this expression of thanks.
The authors also wish to thank the publishers, the WILEY-VCH Verlag
GmbH Company, and in particular Mrs. K. Sora, Mrs. R. Dötzer and
Mrs. D. Kleemann, for the most pleasant co-operation in the production
and printing of this book.
The publishers and authors continue to welcome suggestions and
communications of any kind. We hope that our book will remain an
important reference work and a quick source of information in this
edition as well.
Schardenberg, April 2007 Josef Köhler Axel Homburg
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